Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-24
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Professor Rich
an. 700 -. ,-ssEtence Of Snow Masses
on -. Wv. 81 n. A. J. Woeikoff; Hygiene
as Z Basis Of Morals, by Francis Emily
White, NJ. D.; Mexican Antiquities, BY
Randolph I. Geare, (illustrated); Prairie
Flowers Of Early Spring, by Byron ID. Hal
sted, Sc. D.; Hats as Cause of Badness,
by w. G. GouinlOck; Among the Tnansyl-
vanian Saxons, ]. Marriage Customs;
William Babcock Hazen, by Professor
Cleveland Able; Sketch of James Fergu-
son, with Portrait); Correspondence;
Editors Table: State Education.
Next Meeting OF the American AssOcia-
ton; Literary Notices; Popular Miscel-
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How many boys who whistle Marching
Through Georgia" know the story Of ''Sher-
mans March TO the Sea-? General Adam
Badeau tells it in the May ST. Nicholas,
New York. and il reads like q tale of adj
venture-which in fact it is-the biggest
adventure in modern times. 1t is illus
trated by Theodore Davis, who was with
General Sherman on the march, and by Z.
w. Kemble, w. L. Sheppard, and w. Ia
Der. There is also begun in this number
a three-part story of life at the U. S. Mill
tary Academy at West Point, by recent
graduate. 1t is entitled "Winning Com
mission, f" and shows how the future Sher-
mans of our country are being turned out.
There is another collection of "S. Nicholas
Dog Stories, one for girls, by Celia Thax-
ter; one for boys, by E. p. Roe, and three
for everybody by other people. The
Brownies" go canoeing, perhaps little
early in the season, but none the less mer-
rily.
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Harper's Magazine New York; for May
outstrips even its own high standard rs IN
extraordinary number replete with most
interesting and seasOnable matter. The
initial article is upon "The Recent Move
ment IN Southern Literature, "by one OF
the rising poets of Virginia, Charles w.
Coleman, Jun. Ii is a remarkable exhibit
of the development of literary genius in
the South, with special emphasis upon the
younger group of authors, among who
''Uncle Remus" G w. Cable, Richard M.
Johnston, Thomas N. Page, LafcadiO
HeaD, and Charles Egbert Craddock are
conspicuous. A brief personal sketch OF
each writer is given, and twelve portraits
with autographs embellish the text.
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"Civil War in Kansas" Jefferson
Davis on Rebellion" and Conventions OF
'56'' are the sub topics of the May INSTALL
ment of MesSrs, Nicolay and Hays "Abra-
ham Lincoln: A History" in The Century.
New York; LincOln's prominent part in
the formation of the Republican party is
dwelt upon and extracts from his speeches
ut this timear given. Among the illustra-
tons are portraits of Governors Shannon,
Robinson, and Geary; of John Sherman,
Willard Fillmore, John c. Fremont, and
others.
The second instalment of the 'Un-
published Letters of Thackeray" will APP
pear in the May number of ScribRer'S
MaqdziRe New York;. The letters COM
prising this instalment were written in
lS49, Just at the time that Thackeray was
engaged upon ''Pendennis," and they
derive an especial interest from the fire.
quent illusions to the novel and its charac-
ters, who are invariably spoken Of as if
they were real persons.
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]. S. Ogilvie & Co. of 81 Rose street, New
York, are issuing q collection of Recita-
tiOns and Readings. The numbers are
issued quarterly and sent to any address
on receipt of II cents. No. g. completed
by Mrs. Anna Ranall-Diehl, is now out
and contains l25 pages of among the choic-
est gems in the English language, for read
ing at public and private entertainments.
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What is the source of natural gas, and
what is the limit of the supply? These
questions, and especially the latter, on
which dspends the continuous prosperity
of many important branches of manuiac-
ture, are to be discussed by Prof. N. S.
Shaler, in the Forum New York. for May.